The Mets come into the game 67-60, which puts them in second place in the NL East. That puts them seven games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Upon swinging over the final pitch of the Mets’ 9-3 loss to the Nationals at Nationals Park on Thursday, Juan Soto grimaced, took a few steps backward and spent a long moment staring into space. He tu

BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves open a three-game series at home against the New York Mets on Friday. Atlanta has a 32-31 record in home games and a 58-69 record overall. The Braves have hit 143 total home runs to rank sixth in the NL.

The New York Mets will send their promising rookie to the mound on Friday in hopes of slowing a brutal recent skid against the Atlanta Braves.

The Mets and Braves have had a number of climactic late-season series. This… will not be one of them. But it is a chance for the Braves to extend the Mets’ recent misery, something that, should it happen, we will all relish.

It's Friday, August 22 and the Mets (67-60) are in Atlanta to take on the Braves (58-69). Nolan McLean is slated to take the mound for New York against Joey Wentz for Atlanta. The Mets have lost back-to-back games entering this series and are 5-13 in August as they continue to struggle.

The Atlanta Braves are set to take on the New York Mets in a three-game set beginning tonight at Truist Park. It’s a sneaky critical matchup because — if there’s any chance the Braves are to make the postseason — they have to sweep the Mets this weekend.

WASHINGTON — Adult Nolan McLean is looking forward to his encore. As is Young Nolan McLean, who grew up in North Carolina rooting for the Braves and listed Chipper Jones among his childhood heroes (which also included a few Orioles and Nationals, plus North Carolinian Josh Hamilton).